The Post (Ohio student newspaper)

The Post is a student-run newspaper in Athens, Ohio, that covers Ohio University and Athens County. While classes at OU are in session, it publishes online every day and in print every Thursday.^[2] Though its newsroom is located in John Calhoun Baker University Center at Ohio University, the paper is editorially independent from the university.

The Post

John Calhoun Baker University Center, where the paper's newsroom is located
Type	Student newspaper
Format	Tabloid
School	Ohio University
Editor	Alyssa Cruz [1]
Founded	1911 (as The Green and White)
Headquarters	John Calhoun Baker University Center 1 Park Place, #325 Athens, Ohio United States
Circulation	10,000 weekly
Website	thepostathens.com

History

The Post was launched in December 1911 as The Green and White, succeeding other student newspapers such as the Mirror, which had begun publishing in the 1800s. It was succeeded by the Post in fall 1939.^[3]

In 2015, the paper announced it would be moving to a digital-first model. This transition lowered the number of days The Post prints from five times a week to one, though content is published online daily. The paper, previously a broadsheet, was changed to a tabloid. As part of the transition, the paper underwent a redesign and rebranding, including a new logo.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Andy Alexander, former ombudsman at The Washington Post and deputy bureau chief for Cox Newspapers.^{[4][failed verification]}
• P.J. Bednarski, media reporter and editor, formerly the editor of Electronic Media and executive editor of Broadcasting & Cable; former TV critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and at USA Today when it debuted in 1982.^{[citation needed]}
• Phil Elliott, politics reporter for TIME.^{[5][failed verification]}
• Joe Eszterhas, writer best known for his work on the films Basic Instinct and Showgirls.^{[citation needed]}
• Tom Hodson, former director of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.^[6]
• John Kaplan, a professor at the University of Florida and winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his work on "Age 21 in America", a photo essay about the lives of young adults.^{[7][failed verification]}
• Peter King, senior writer for Sports Illustrated.^{[citation needed]}
• Laura Landro, columnist and former assistant managing editor at The Wall Street Journal. Contributed an article to an award-winning seven-part Wall Street Journal series in 2004.^{[8][failed verification]}
• Wesley Lowery, reporter for The Washington Post who led the team that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their work tracking and analyzing fatal shootings by on-duty police officers.^[9][10]
• Joe Mahr, reporter for the Chicago Tribune and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series on the atrocities committed by Tiger Force, a U.S. Army platoon during the Vietnam War.^{[11][failed verification]}
• Alan D. Miller, editor and interim general manager of The Columbus Dispatch.^{[12][failed verification]}
• Nancy Nall Derringer, columnist and blogger, whose reporting on Bush administration staffer Tim Goeglein's plagiarism led to his dismissal within a 24-hour news cycle.^{[citation needed]}
• Larry Neumeister, New York courts reporter for the Associated Press who covered Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing and Bernard Madoff's sentencing.^[13]
• Clarence Page, syndicated columnist and senior member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his commentary in the Tribune.^{[citation needed]}
• Dennis Shere, author of Cain's Redemption and former publisher of the Dayton Daily News^{[citation needed]}
• Alex Stuckey,^{[failed verification]} reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for her contributions to a series on sexual assault at Brigham Young University.^[14]

References

1. "About Us - the Post".
2. "Contact Us". The Post. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
3. "Green and white (Athens, Ohio) December 02 1911", Ohio University Libraries Digital Archival Collections., retrieved March 5, 2020
4. "Andy Alexander". Ohio University. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
5. "Phil Elliott leaves AP for TIME". Politico. April 15, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
6. "Thomas Hodson". Ohio University. Retrieved April 24, 2017. ^{[dead link‍]}
7. "John Kaplan". University of Florida. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
8. "Laura Landro". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
9. Beaujon, Andrew (January 3, 2014). "Boston Globe's Wesley Lowery joins Washington Post". Poynter. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
10. Farhi, Paul (April 18, 2016). "Post series on police shootings wins Pulitzer Prize for national reporting". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
11. "Joe Mahr". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
12. "Contact Us". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved April 24, 2017. Editor Alan D. Miller
13. "Ohio University Online Community - Post Alumni Society". Ohio University. August 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
14. Noyce, David (April 26, 2017). "Salt Lake Tribune wins Pulitzer for campus rape coverage, praises victims for sharing their stories". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Digitized editions of The Post available on the Ohio University Libraries Digital Archival Collections